In addition to his comments on abortion, he declared himself the Republican candidate best able to restore trust in government.

What labour need is to elect the most able candidate.

With neither candidate able to win an absolute majority, Heinemann won the election on the third ballot by only 6 votes.

"There are no Eastern candidates able to enter the community now unless we reduced the requirements," he said.

That's the point of exams: getting able candidates into university, not getting anyone in on sympathy.

There will be great pressure to make a political choice, but legislators should resist that instinct and vote for the most able and independent candidate.

There is no serious candidate able or willing to institute the changes that we need.

This is most likely, he said, in small buildings where there is a limited pool of candidates willing or able to serve on a board.

But only 28 per cent of admissions officers agreed that the A* would make it easier to identify the most able candidates.

I leave confident that the Board will find many able candidates to succeed me.